$5.20 $0.05 per serving
Product analysis
C-500 With Rose Hips offers affordable vitamin C to support normal immune function and collagen formation.
AI assessment of the formula, label and price. How scoring works
Nutrient Quality33
The quality of the vitamin C and rose hips cannot be firmly compared. The unnamed rose hip preparation makes it harder to judge how it compares with clearly identified preparations.
Ingredient Transparency81
The amounts of both ingredients are clearly stated. Vitamin C is identified, but the rose hip preparation is left unspecified, limiting like-for-like comparisons.
Value For Money80
The vitamin C offers good value for the amount provided. Whether the rose hips add value remains unclear.
Customer Satisfaction95
Customers give it consistently very positive ratings. The large volume of feedback makes that pattern more established, without proving health benefits.
Product Focus70
Vitamin C supplies the main support for normal immune function, collagen formation and antioxidant activity. Its role is clearest in meeting nutritional needs, with less certain benefits for inflammation or routine vision.
- Format
Tablet - Container
- 100 Tablet(s)
- Per serving
- $0.05
- Also available
C-500 With Rose Hips$6.00- Customer rating
- 4.9 · 11,904 ratings
Goals
Impact
Moderate effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Impact
High effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Impact
High effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Impact
High effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Score |
|---|---|---|
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) | 500 mg | |
Rose Hips powder | 40 mg |
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) · 500 mg OverallScore68
It provides 500 mg of vitamin C per serving, and the cost per gram of vitamin C is low. It is unbuffered.
How this ingredient is rated
Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability30
Vitamin C comes from unbuffered ascorbic acid.
Vitamin C Chemical Form & Delivery System
Vitamin C comes from ascorbic acid.
Gastric Comfort & pH Balance
Ascorbic acid is an unbuffered form.
Dose, Safety & Label Transparency91
The stated amount is 500 mg of vitamin C per serving. The other ingredients include standard excipients.
Optimal Dosage Targeting
The stated amount is 500 mg of vitamin C per serving.
Purity & Excipient Quality
The other ingredients include standard excipients.
Mineral & Source Transparency
The vitamin C amount and ascorbic acid source are stated.
Value100
The cost per gram of vitamin C is low.
Price per Gram of Vitamin C
The cost per gram of vitamin C is low.
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- Dietary intake and blood concentrations of antioxidants and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies.
- Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of a health claim related to vitamin C and increasing non haem iron absorption pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.
- Vitamin C Depletion and All-Cause Mortality in Renal Transplant Recipients.
- Associations of Serum Biomarkers of Fruit and Vegetable Intake With the Risk of Cause-Specific Mortality and All-Cause Mortality: A National Prospective Cohort Study.
- Relation between plasma ascorbic acid and mortality in men and women in EPIC-Norfolk prospective study: a prospective population study. European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.
- Role of Oral Vitamin 'C' on Astigmatic Errors in Phacoemulsification.
- Ascorbic acid metabolites are involved in intraocular pressure control in the general population.
- Nutritional modulation of cataract.
- Dietary n-3 Fatty Acid, α-Tocopherol, Zinc, vitamin D, vitamin C, and β-carotene are Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Japan.
- Adherence to a Mediterranean diet, lifestyle and age-related macular degeneration: the Coimbra Eye Study - report 3.
- Vitamin C and contribution to the normal function of the immune system: evaluation of a health claim pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.
- Therapeutic effects of high-dose vitamin C supplementation in patients with COVID-19: a meta-analysis.
- Effect of micronutrient supplements on influenza and other respiratory tract infections among adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- New evidence for antioxidant properties of vitamin C.
- Enhanced Vitamin C Delivery: A Systematic Literature Review Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of Alternative Supplement Forms in Healthy Adults.
- Efficacy of Vitamin C as Glucocorticoid Substitute for Reducing Pain and Inflammation After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- The Impact of Vitamin C on Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory, and Hemostatic Outcomes After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
- The impact of vitamin C supplementation on the perioperative outcomes after total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Therapeutic Impact of Ascorbic Acid on Oral and Periodontal Tissues: A Systematic Literature Review.
- Oral vitamin C administration reduces early recurrence rates after electrical cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation and attenuates associated inflammation.